Tag: Quantum Optimisation
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Smart Agriculture
Owner Status Phase 0 – Idea Quantum Approach Optimisation SDGs Impact/context Optimising crop planting strategies to meet demand efficiently is crucial for maximising agricultural productivity and farmer welfare. Traditional decision-making processes in agriculture may not effectively handle the complexities of large-scale cultivation planning due to computational limitations. Effective and optimised agricultural practices can lead to…
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Quantum Pangenomics
Owner Quantum Approach Optimisation SDGs Contributors University of Cambridge University of Oxford Wellcome Sanger Institute European Bioinformatics Institute | EMBL-EBI Kyiv Academic University Origins of Contributors How quantum could help Complex problems such as genome assembly and the construction of phylogenetic trees could be optimised in a hybrid quantum-classical framework, enabling promising quantum speedups with…
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Quantum Biomarker Algorithms for Multimodal Cancer Data
Owner Quantum Approach Optimisation SDGs Contributors Infleqtion University of Chicago Massachusetts Institute of Technology Origins of Contributors How quantum could help Quantum computing could be used to potentially enhance data processing for multi-modal cancer data, specifically when dealing with complex relationships between genomic, transcriptomic, and pathomic aspects of cancer biology. A hybrid quantum-classical algorithm could…
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Protein Structure Prediction Using the Face-Centered Cubic Lattice
Owner Quantum Approach Optimisation SDGs Contributors Cleveland Clinic IBM Quantum Origins of Contributors How quantum could help Predicting hydration sites within buried protein pockets is a complex but essential task for accurate simulations in structure-based drug discovery. Specifically, water molecules can significantly influence how a target protein interacts with a ligand, and inadequate modeling of…
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Open Quantum Institute joins experts at IBM Quantum Optimisation Working Group
30th April 2025 Article by Alexia Yiannouli Earlier this month, Francesca Schiavello, Applications Advisor at the Open Quantum Institute, spent two days in Liverpool at the IBM Quantum Computing Optimisation Working Group, hosted by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) Hartree Centre at the University of Liverpool. Bringing together a diverse group of participants from around…